As Texans rookie center Nick Martin contemplates his medical options, including potentially undergoing surgery to repair a high-ankle sprain, doctors weighed in on what's involved in the injury suffered by the second-round draft pick from Notre Dame.
The Chronicle spoke with Dr. Ken Jung, a foot and ankle surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, and Dr. Luga Podesta, the director of sports medicine at St. Charles Orthopedics in New York.
What is a high-ankle sprain specifically?
"It refers to a complex of ligaments, called the syndesmosis, that are located higher on the ankle than ligaments that are most commonly sprained with twisting injuries of the ankle," Jung said.